Great Dane: Colleagues fete Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Colleagues held a celebration and symposium to mark Per Pinstrup-Andersen’s retirement Dec. 13-14 following 40 years of combating world poverty and malnutrition.

Cornell Tech students show off their innovations

Cornell NYC Tech hosted an "open studio" Dec. 13 to showcase projects from its first graduating class and from new students in the program.

Fully functional loudspeaker is 3-D printed

Researchers have 3-D printed a working loudspeaker, complete with plastic, conductive and magnetic parts, seamlessly integrated, and ready for use almost as soon as it comes out of the printer.

Picture of health: a selfie that may save your life

With a new smartphone device, you can now take an accurate iPhone camera selfie that could save your life – it reads your cholesterol level in about a minute.

Bacteria tails implicated in gut inflammation

New research reveals how proteins from bacteria tails may lead to inflammation when they come in contact with gut lining cells.

Economist honored for top tax dissertation

Tatiana Homonoff, assistant professor of policy analysis and management, won the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Government Finance and Taxation award for her dissertation scholarship.

Graduate student group hosts a Call-Congress day

The Cornell Graduate and Professional Student Assembly hosted a Call-Congress day Dec. 4 as a part of the national GradsHaveDebt2 campaign.

Student knits Filipino women into skilled workers

Doctoral student Meredith Ramirez Talusan, M.A. ’11, who studies comparative literature, serendipitously taught a Filipino woman how to knit. A year later she started a social enterprise that now employs 25 knitters in the Philippines.

Researcher alters how ovarian syndrome is diagnosed

Studies by reproductive physiologist Marla Lujan are leading to new diagnosis guidelines for a condition called polycystic ovary syndrome, a leading cause of infertility.